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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening everyone. welcome to our viewers in united states and around the world. with our special live coverage ahead of the inauguration of president-elect biden this week, normally this would be a time the nation comes together and looked forward. instead tonight the u.s. capitol is a fortress with barbed wire fences and thousands of law enforcement officers surrounding it. the pentagon says up to 25,000 national guard troops have been authorized to secure the area around the capitol, of course to prevent another breach. all across the country, authorities are on high alert
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warning of domestic threats against the government in the lead-up to joe biden's investigation. the fbi is warning of armed protests in all 50 state capitols this week. and they are particularly concerned about domestic extremists who refuse to recognize joe biden's election victory. for his part, the president-elect is expected to his the ground running as soon as he is inaugurated. one day -- on day one, i should say, he will take executive action to rejoin the paris climate accord, repeal the travel ban on predominantly muslim countries, and mandate masks on federal property. it's a huge week ahead. jeremy diamond joins us covering the white house, arlette saenz with the biden team in wilmington, delaware. thank you guys for staying up late on a saturday night. it is a big, big week ahead. president trump's days in office are winding down. it seems like the schedule that they put out about what he's
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doing every day is the same. we're not hearing much from him, seeing much of him. it's really the vice president who seems to be filling that void. >> that's exactly right, poppy. what we saw from the president's schedule this weekend is what we've seen the last several days, which is no public events listed on his schedule, instead this disclaimer that appears to be written by the president himself that says he will have many calls and meetings from morning to night. this will be the fourth day we haven't seen or heard from the president at all. instead what we are seeing is vice president mike pence really stepping in to fill that leadership void, at least as it relates to this trump administration in its final days. it was vice president pence, not the president, who visited national guardsmen on the capitol just a couple days ago. it was the vice president who called his successor, vice president-elect kamala harris, to wish her well and congratulate her on her election as the next vice president of the united states. and it will be vice president
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pence who will attend the inauguration on wednesday. all of those things are things that the president is not currently doing. and so that is what makes this tra transition so unusual. while there is a peaceful transfer of power that will ultimately happen here, president trump is certainly not facilitating that process at all, and he's certainly not participating in any of the traditions that would send a message to his supporters and to the country at large that joe biden, the 46th president of the united states, is a legitimate president. and that is not doing anything to calm the temperatures around what we've seen over the last couple of weeks. >> i mean, it is just so remarkable and sad that the sort of hand off of power is not going to be what it traditionally has been, not to mention the nice letters that are left from one president to the other, generally in the resolute desk. none of that is likely to happen. but arlette, i mean, joe biden
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doesn't have any say in how donald trump acts. but he has a whole lot of say in what he does on the first day. and we've learned that there are going to be a stream of executive orders that i just mentioned. also today, full steam ahead naming his science team. you know, what is standing out to you most in terms of his first 100-day plans as we get to learn more? >> what you are seeing president-elect biden do is projecting the sense that he will be hitting the ground running as soon as he is sworn in on january 20th. you saw his team unveil a sweeping group of executive actions that he will be taking in that first ten days he's in office, signing just around a dozen executive actions on his very first day alone. and some of these executive actions will focus on undoing some of the policies implemented during the trump administration. that will include rescinding that travel ban on travellers
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from muslim majority countries, as well as reentering the paris climate agreement. that was something that was negotiated during the biden administration that president-elect biden plans to get back into in his first day in office. there are a number of executive actions relating to the pandemic that he would like to continue, including that halt on evictions and foreclosures, as well as the pause in student loan payments. and then you've heard biden talk about what he's describing as this 100-day masking challenge, asking americans to wear masks amid this pandemic. he can't, himself, require these masks to be worn nationwide, but he can require them in federal buildings and interstate travel. but the president-elect is also acknowledging that he's not going to be able to do everything through executive action. he is going to need cooperation through congress. he's planning to send an immigration bill to congress in the early days of his administration as well as that
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$1.9 trillion covid stimulus relief package that he really wants to get to help americans struggling throughout this pandemic. so, what you are seeing biden do here over the course of these next few days is really a culmination, a wrap-up of all of the work they've been doing throughout this transition, even as the president put up these blocks to his transition. biden operated full steam ahead, rolling out his nominees, putting together his coronavirus team that will be responsible for these vaccinations and outlining the executive actions which will form the early days of his presidency. >> it's going to be an inauguration like we've seen never, that's for sure, and a first 100 days like we've seen never with the senate trial of an impeached president to come. thank you very much. so good to have you both tonight. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for a full investigation into the capitol riot, something on the level you've heard them talking about
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a 9/11 commission-style inquiry into how this could have happened. she also says if any members of congress helped that mob at all, criminal charges may be in order. >> if, in fact, it is found that members of congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the congress in terms of prosecution for that. >> well, joining me now is congressman john garamendi, democrat from california, senior member of the armed services committee. thank you very much for being with me this evening. >> my pleasure. >> we're just first of all so glad that everyone this congress, all the members of congress, are okay after the insurrection and what happened. in terms of protecting the capitol and everyone in the inauguration going forward, you
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are on the -- you are not only on, you chair the readiness subcommittee and that means you have oversight over the national guard. are they ready? is everyone protecting not only the u.s. capitol but the 50 state capitols ready for what could come? >> well, they're certainly doing everything they can to be ready. earlier this day, my wife and i were walking over towards the capitol just to observe. we had a long conversation with a group of national guardsmen and women from new york. and they were ready. they were really disturbed about what had happened, and they see their role as being extremely important. and i think this is true all across the nation. the police across this nation and the national guard intend to do their job to protect our democracy. and that's what's happening here in washington. but we really need to understand just how violent and how
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aggressive these rioters were. more and more videos emerging and the trauma, yes, to members of congress are physically safe. but the trauma for the members as well as for their families is extraordinary. and even more so on the staff. the staff that was literally hiding under tables in locked rooms as the rioters were banging on the doors calling for the execution of the vice president and the speaker. incredible, violent action. clearly, clearly it just didn't happen. it was coordinated and it was a set up. >> you make a very important point about the trauma and the ptsd, if you will, that many members and the staff will have after this, right? it's not just physically are they okay. look, you -- well, i -- go ahead. >> absolutely true, but back home.
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this isn't just washington. this members travel back to their district, right back to their homes. many can't go to their homes because of physical threats that are in play in their home districts, at their home locations. so, this is really something that the president has unleashed. he has unleashed the devil in and around this country and they are out there causing trouble. and so we're -- this all needs to be hung squarely on donald trump's shoulders. he did this. he did this to this nation, and now this nation has suffered. 25,000 troops in an inauguration to protect ourselves from donald trump's hooligans. >> and congressman, you, all of the democrats in the house, along with ten republicans, voted to impeach the president, saying his words incited this, and therefore he deserves to be impeached. the question is what happens in
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a senate trial. i want to ask what you think of this argument that was made by a view republicans, one of them in congress. that's kevin brady, congressman kevin brady from texas. he tweeted earlier this week that impeaching the president is, quote, calling for an action that is equally irresponsible and could incite further violence. my question to you and our colleague here at cnn pointed out earlier this week that it's striking to hear that argument from a sitting member of congress that essentially watch out if you impeach the president. there will be further violence. >> i cannot account for the stupidity and the insanity that is going on in this nation. obviously it's members of congress. i learned in the second grade that if somebody is a bully, you can either stand up to that bully and cause that bully to back down or you can spend the rest of your life being bullied.
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this is the moment. donald trump has incited an insurrection. this is not just a little party on the steps of the capitol. this is an insurrection. this is a violent attack for the specific purpose, specific purpose annunciated by the president and his minions to stop the steal, which means to keep donald trump in office by overturning the votes of the american public. let's keep in mind that biden received 8 million more votes than donald trump. let's keep in mind that he won the electoral college. let's keep in mind that there are more than 60 lawsuits brought in the contested states by donald trump and his minions and by his lawyers and by other republican organizations. not one of those lawsuits proved
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any fraud that could possibly change the outcome of the election. all of them were dismissed. this was a legitimate fair election and donald trump, to this moment, continues to deny that. he continues to build. and therefore his supporters out there are continuing to live upon donald trump's lies. it has got to end. he is a threat to the nation and for mr. brady and others to say, oh my, we shouldn't do anything, wrong. we have to impeach this person. we did that. the senate has to find him guilty. >> congressman john garamendi, thank you very much for your time. and we wish all of you safety and peace on this pivotal week that can be a uniting week for the nation. >> it could be. and it should be. >> i appreciate you. thank you for staying up late for us. well, president trump may be leaving the white house, but his loyalists are not giving up the political stage. what does it mean for the future of the republican party? we'll have perspective ahead.
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well, if the january 6th attack on the capitol laid bear the divisions polarizing the united states, it also revealed cracks in the republican party, deep ones, that really are chasms at this point. donald trump loyalists maybe out to punish republicans who support his impeachment. more traditional republicans are
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eager to distance themselves from the president and the extremists and the conspiracy theories ask approximate approximate the lies. but they're in for a fight because the president's faction is digging in. >> there were a lot of people in this country who felt the system didn't work for them and they wanted somebody out of politics to be a true disrupter, to turn the tables upside-down, to break some glass. >> break some glass? >> yeah, and to improve the economy. and you can't deny many people are better off. if you deny that -- >> well, they're not better off now. a lot of them are dead. >> yeah. i want to bring in two of my favorite people. i'm so glad you guys stayed up late on a saturday night for this conversation. anna navarro is in beautiful miami and scott jennings is in beautiful louisville, kentucky. i was in rainy brooklyn all day. thank you both for being here. anna, we're hearing a lot from
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republicans about healing now and unity and mitch mcconnell like i don't want trump anywhere near the party. that's reportedly his thinking. not a whole lot from republicans. you're both republicans, about accountability, are we? >> yeah, and you know, the other thing i don't think, at least i haven't heard is a level of remorse. look, what happened this week in washington, that didn't happen in a vacuum. that's been building up, right? republicans have enabled, have justified, have defended, have allowed donald trump to go unchecked and do horrible things for four years. just look at the last 2 1/2 months since the election. republicans in congress didn't even dare congratulate joe biden or kamala harris. 140 republicans still voted against certifying joe biden's
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victory knowing that it was a futile attempt, knowing that it feeds conspiracy theories, knowing that it makes people who already believe crazy things even crazier after what we saw in the capitol. and they still voted that way. and, you know, i -- i keep asking myself how they can be so blindly loyal to donald trump. listen, poppy, there's been nobody more loyal to donald trump than mike pence for the last four years. he's been blindly loyal, loyal to a fault, loyal to his detriment. and the guy was in a bunker. people were asking for his head, literally. >> right, right. look what he got. >> and we had to pick up the phone just to see how he's doing. what loyalty can you have to a disloyal, demented, narcissist, dark-hearted madman? >> so, let's ask scott jennings.
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scott, you wrote just in october, "donald trump deserves a second term." and yes the events of january 6th had not happened, but a lot had happened. charlottesville had happened, both sides comments, clearing of lafayette square had happened, general kelly told jake a week ago he has always been this man. when it comes to the future of your party after trump, here's my question. listen to this from georgia's lieutenant governor, also a republican, geoff duncan. here's what he told me about the party this week. >> we should never, as a party, let a person be more powerful than our party. if we don't move away from the party of trump, we will continue to lose and we will not be in the white house in 2024. >> is he right? scott, can you hear me? oh, what do you think, anna, while we see if we can get scott's shot back up?
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>> well, first let me say, you know, i've noticed watching him on tv and scott and i have had many an argument for the last four years. but i've noticed a level of reflection, an introspection in scott in the last few weeks since the election. and i see a lack of that among so many republicans. and absolutely, look, when your existence is based around support and loyalty to one man, you are a cult. you are jim jones. you are waco, texas. you are not a party. a political party needs to be based on ideas, on principles, on thoughts, on inclusiveness. and a political party needs to reject, needs to reject -- i don't care if they are republican voters or trump supporters. there is no reason, there is no way, there is no justification why the republican party should accept as part of its tent qanon
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conspiracy theorists or racists. they should have no space in this tenant. tenet. >> totally. i'm glad you brought it up. david brooks wrote it in the "new york times," talking about division in the church. here's what he wrote in the middle. he says the problem is how do you go about reattaching people to reality, right? because a lot of these folks, well, all of them on the 6th believed the president but still believe the lies. >> oh, well, listen, it's not going to be easy, right? there's been brainwashing. there's been an enormous amount of misinformation fed to people by state media and by republican leadership. so, i think the people who can make a difference, i was just reading one of the murdocks
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talking about the responsibility and accountability. well, then show it. show it on the air. and republican leaders now realize what they've wrought on this country. they need to -- they need to be active and proactive in speaking truth and saying, you know, joe biden won this fair and square. there were 60 court actions. donald trump lost all of them. so, to keep lying about it, republican leadership needs to take stock. they need behave like leaders. they need to set an example. it is outrageous. it is outrageous that people like jim jordan or people like paul gosar, the congressman who is hated by all his siblings, it
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is outrageous having a qanon conspiracy theorist in the conference when they are not okay with liz cheney? what are they saying other than saying we will continue being part of the hoax and blindly following this man even though we know what he has done to destroy the american fiber? it is unforgivable. >> i think -- i think liz cheney's response was pretty perfect. i think she said, i'm here to stay. i'm not going anywhere. so, let them say what they want to say. i'm so glad -- i'm sorry that happened with scott, but this is what happens in the age of covid and relying on home computers and the internet connection. but i'm glad to have you on tonight anna navarro. thanks so much. >> thanks poppy. and i'm glad you're up late doing this. >> we'll talk to you soon. next week, u.s. lawmakers will decide how and whether to
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lowest approval rating ever for a u.s. president after their first term. a quinnipiac poll finds he stands at 33%. he's also facing trial in the senate after an historic second impeachment by the house. house speaker nancy pelosi is set to put that in motion. there are legal questions about how a senate trial would proceed for a former president. very glad we have a very smart woman and attorney on with us, our legal analyst laura coates. i almost said good morning since it's almost midnight. thank you staying up for us. really i go to bed at 8:00. >> i'm glad to be with you. i get it. >> 7:17 p.m. the other night i was in bed and my husband was like really. i'm up very late but it's a big week ahead.
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i'm glad you're with us. can you talk to us about what the constitution says or doesn't say about impeaching an ex-president? >> well, the impeachment clause in the actual constitution is, in fact, what's called, the present tense, to remove someone from office. but an inquiry doesn't stop there because the whole premise because the founding fathers, the premise for it was the notion you could remove anyone who is abusing the power. and the legislative branch should serve as a check and balance on. there's history for this. there's precedent for us for removing an ex-officer or ex-official in some capacity, as long as essentially you have begun the process of investigating while they were in office. you don't want them to be able to run out the clock, abuse power all the way and there's nothing they can do about it. that would be antithetical to accountability. >> okay. so, when we look at the president's defense, we've
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learned in the last 48 hours his lawyers are expected to argue, look, all of his remarks on the 6th of january before the capitol insurrection were protected speech. i'm sure they'll make the same argument for the phone call to the georgia secretary of state. therefore they're protected under the first amendment. how far can they stretch that argument? >> well, this defense is not a surprise to anyone because there's no other real defense they could make. but being not a surprise does not make it a good actual defense because they have a very uphill battle. yes, we believe in free speech in this country. we want to have political hyperbole or dissent or just an advocacy to be protected. but when you cross the line and begin to incite violence, the supreme court is very clear that we do not protect that speech, they have a three-part test. you have to intend to incite violence. it has to be a violence that will take place in a period of time that is definitive, not some period in the future that's
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not defined. and it has to be set in an environment where violence is likely to happen. all of these three factors if they're met, you have not had protected speech and they can pounce as prosecutors or as house impeachment managers. the problem is the supreme court is not weighing this issue. it's a political exercise and therefore even the most steadfast precedent might not persuade those who already have a self-fulfilling prophecy of e quital. >> there's the senate trial, which is political, as you know. but there's actual trial when you're not a president and you can be criminally tried for things. and it was republican senator pat toomey a week ago who told jack tapper he's not a lawyer but he thinks maybe the president could face some criminal liability here. can you talk to us about what he could face that for and just your legal view on that? >> certainly. provided there's no pardon defense here saying that i have
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self-pardon, which we don't think would hold up if it was challenged in the supreme court, he would face liability for either inciting violence, inciting a riot. there are federal statutes about this very thing. he might have civil liability where a pardon should never touch. there may be state actions there are pending. this happened in the district of columbia which is a hybrid, not quite a state, not a state at all. the idea of what would extend to the d.c. attorney general's office would have is questionable. he faces accountability for his actual words, whether there's a straight line from his words to the actual conduct. and unlike other impeachments where you had to meander a little bit, talk about a whistleblower, have a phone call, a transcript, decide what witnesses to call, the actual senate and the house, they were victims and eyewitnesses. you don't have to have tangential discussions. you have to have a recollection
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of what happened not even two weeks ago. it's a much easier case and if the house impeachment managers can do that, then state and federal prosecutors have the same criteria and hurdles to overcome. >> i haven't even thought about the issue of lack of statehood for d.c. and what that presents and does pardon power extend. that's very, very interesting. thanks laura. >> thank you. all right. as americans wait in long lines for their first covid vaccine shot, there are more and more people who are confused about where the second doses are. without them, it's really, you know, not foolproof. so, we'll talk about that. also we're going to take you to california, just a dire state right now when it comes to covid. more covid-19 deaths per day than some entire countries, and it is lagging behind a lot of states when it comes to getting those vaccines in arms. >> if you truly love your loved ones, don't let this be you.
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welcome back. i'm poppy harlow in new york and soon we will hit just a devastating number. 400,000 american lives lost to covid. that is the most anywhere in the world, and that is what this
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nation is on track for. it's according to numbers from johns hopkins. the united states also fast approaching 24 million total cases. a quick and efficient vaccine rollout could help a lot, but anger is building over a trump administration promise to release extra vaccine doses to states. a federal government official said there's no reserve stock pile of doses to do that from. meantime, centers for disease control and prevention warn a more contagious variant of covid could worsen the spread and become the dominant form of the virus here in the united states by march. at the heart of the crisis in this country is the state of california. los angeles is the first to report 1 million cases. one covid-19 death every six minutes in california right now. there are now 900 dead bodies in
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the medical kpger's office in l.a. that they don't have enough room to store. and sara sidner tells us how this devastation takes a local on those left behind. ♪ >> reporter: music slices through the silence. the melody is meant to sooth the family's sorrow, the coolness of covid-19 on display. this is a funeral in a parking lot. >> my mother was a very strong woman, and she fought to the very last breath. >> julianna says these are the last words they exchanged. >> i told mom, do not be afraid, for the lord is with us. i love you and may god bless you. keep strong for me, mom. and all she answered me was, yes, with that voice, with fear.
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>> reporter: she lived with and cared for her mom who had a lung condition. her step dad had asthma and diabetes. her brother lives next door with their young family. her step father and mother ended up here, martin luther king jr. community hospital. they thought to live just like those filling out the icu beds now, but they died within 11 days of each other. this doctor treated both of her parents. >> i want her to know that we here tried our hardest. we're really sorry things went the way they did. >> reporter: the terrible scenario. >> we have the misfortune of seeing this disease run through families and all too frequently take multiple members of a single family. >> reporter: the state of the art hospital is an oasis of care
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in the health care desert of south los angeles. it is no wonder the heavily black and latino neighborhood are suffering inequities. >> diabetes is three times more prevalent here than in the rest of california. diabetes mortality is 72% higher. the life expectancy is ten years shorter here than in the rest of the state. and all of that is related to this being an underresourced and underserved community. >> that was before coronavirus arrived. >> we're running well over 100 capacity. >> the 131 bed facility is suddenly treating more than 200 patients. 60% of them are covid patients. they've made space everywhere. tents outside, inside hallways, the prayer room, a former gift shop. the battle to save a life physically and mentally exhausting. but on this day a surprise reminder of why they fight.
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>> you look amazing! >> i'm back. >> let me see, let me see. you got the dance moves? oh yeah. >> reporter: 74-year-old elaine stevens returns to thank her doctors and nurses. she spent more than 40 days in this icu before walking out alive. >> i made it. a lot of days i didn't want to make it but i did. >> reporter: as she celebrated a second chance at life, the ceremony for death was still played out in a parking lot for the cessna family. >> don't let this be you. if you truly love your loved ones, don't let this be you. continue to take all the cautions, take extra precautions, exaggerate if you have to. >> reporter: sara sidner, cnn, south los angeles. >> wow. sara, thank you for that important and tragic reporting. well, the presidential
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inauguration is usually a time of unity and a peaceful transfer of power. it's what we can hope for. joe biden's inauguration though, we can assure you, will be unlike anything you have ever seen. we'll look at what it says about the state of our nation ahead.
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this is what inauguration day usually looks like in the united states. you remember that? president trump being warmly greeted by the obamas , an exchange of gifts and hugs and kisses. that's what it usually looks like. but it is not going to look like that this year. the incoming president-elect joe biden not hearing from president trump. let's bring in tim naftali, presidential historian on all of this. tim, good to have you here. i mean, i know it's going to look different, but covid aside, i mean how remarkable is it to have a transfer of power like this that is not just unfriendly, it's, like, littered with lies from the president?
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>> donald trump is the first u.s. president ever to attempt to obstruct the transfer of power. it's just that simple. we've had presidents in the past who have not wanted to greet their but no president before this one attempted to obstruct a transition of power. this is unprecedented. >> it is unprecedented. and, you know, it's sad, right? it's so sad when our nation is in such a moment of grief because of covid and has so many challenges ahead of it when joe biden takes office because of covid, because of the economy, because of the division that has only grown over the last four years. can you speak to how these challenges compare to those of other presidents coming in and really difficult times for the nation? >> well, this will be the most
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fraught washington, d.c., i would argue, since 1860, '61. but we've had crises before. what's so unusual is that the incoming biden-harris administration is facing two crises. one, a public health crisis, a pandemic that is a once-in-a century event. second is a political crisis with insurrection and continued threats to our political security. >> no question about it. i was wondering the other day -- obviously you ran the nixon library. i mean, how is the post-presidency going to be different for the president? aside from whether or not he can run again if the senate votes to disqualify him, like, things like presidential libraries,
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speeches, going to future inaugurations? >> well, i anticipate that this -- that president trump will act like nixon and attempt to restore his reputation. richard nixon did not attempt another electoral effort, but he wanted his reputation restored, and he launched what he called his final campaign, the last campaign to restore his reputation by writing books. i anticipate trump lowill do th same. my concern, however, is donald trump has not really stopped undermining our constitutional system. richard nixon got found out and while he continued his lies about the role that he had played, he no longer represented a threat to our constitutional system. if donald trump does not actively assist in
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deradicalizing the people he brought to washington and their allies back home, then he will remain a source -- a threat to our constitution in a way richard nixon didn't and, in fact, none of the worst presidents before donald trump ever tried to be. >> such an important point. i mean, not only stop lying, but then work to deradicalize those your lies have incited. president trump is planning to make his memo in florida mar-a-lago his permanent residence, but an old agreement could mean mar-a-lago won't be an option for him once he leaves the white house. why? donald trump shouldn't expect his red carpet in palm beach, florida, because some say trump's plan to make mar-a-lago his full-time residence would violate an agreement he signed decades ago. this letter, sent by a palm
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beach county attorney to the mayor of palm beach, florida, offers a suggest. palm beach has many lovely estates for sale and surely he can find one which meets his needs. trump bought mar-a-lago back in 1985 from the former estate of marjorie merryweather post. then long before donald trump became president, he cut a deal with the town of palm beach. that agreement allowed trump to convert mar-a-lago into a private social club as long as members didn't spend more than an agreed amount of time there. the agreement, which cnn reviewed, limits how long club members, trump included, can stay, stipulating a maximum of three nonconsecutive seven-day periods by any one member during a year. in other words, it seems members, including donald trump, are limited to 21 days a year at the club. that's trump's signature on the agreement from august 1993. >> given that agreement, do you
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think he should be able to live there full time? >> no. he signed the agreement and he should abide as most everybody in the country does the same and we follow the rules. >> reporter: that same attorney said the significant tax breaks the president received for this arrangement remain in effect, as does the use agreement. just last month a spokeswoman for the trump organization insisted in a statement to cnn there is no document or agreement the in place that prohibits president trump from using mar-a-lago from his residence. the town manager here in palm beach says he has seen no evidence that trump plans to live full time at mar-a-lago. the town manager told us if and when the town learns trump does plan to reside at mar-a-lago, it will address the matter appropriately. that could mean telling trump he cannot stay. >> they could get an order from a judge that says you cannot have somebody live full time on
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the property. it is not significant at that point that he's the former president. the laws still apply to the club as the property owner, and the town has the right to enforce it. >> do you think that donald trump should be able to live at mar-a-lago? >> no, i don't think so. it's a club. he should abide by the rules of the club. he doesn't like to abide by any rules, though. i'm definitely not a fan of his. >> reporter: during his presidency, the town didn't do much to enforce the mar-a-lago agreement. it allowed for a heli pad on the property. despite the 21-day maximum in the deal, based on our count, last year trump visited mar-a-lago nearly 30 days. >> it would not be unreasonable for them to look at it differently once president trump
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is no longer the sitting president. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, palm beach, florida. >> randi kaye, thank you for the reporting. i'm poppy harlow in new york. our special coverage ahead of president-elect biden's inauguration continues in just a moment. you barely know they're working. new febreze fade defy plug works differently. it's the first plug-in with built-in technology to digitally control how much scent is released to smell 1st day fresh for 50 days. it even tells you when it's ready to be refilled. upgrade to febreze fade defy plug.
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